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kentuck

(110,950 posts)
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 05:01 PM Dec 2016

Do Trump voters feel no anxiety or uncertainty about the future?

With Donald Trump as the President?

Is it only liberals that feel this way?

Are they really optimistic and happy about the future?

Do none of them have that sick nagging feeling in their gut that something just isn't right?

Could they stand in the middle of a railroad track and not see the train that is coming straight toward them?

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liberal N proud

(60,302 posts)
2. They are so blind with trumpism and hate, they don't care.
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 05:06 PM
Dec 2016

They have no clue as to what is coming their way.

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
5. Trump voters...
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 05:09 PM
Dec 2016

Only feel anxiety and uncertainty because of blacks, Mexicans, terrorists and liberals. They think that Trump will ease their irrational fear of the above others.

Sadly, he will only stoke their fears.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. Only if they're told to worry
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 05:10 PM
Dec 2016

I'm doing what I can to point out to Trump voters the yawning chasm between what he said during the campaign and what he's doing now. And I'll keep asking them if whatever Trump's latest clueless pronouncement is what they voted for.

I don't expect a lot of integrity or honesty out of Trump voters, but it's possible that they might start talking amongst themselves about what a bunch of suckers they are.

Hugin

(32,784 posts)
7. Many of them are convinced these are the end-times and they will be raptured soon.
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 05:12 PM
Dec 2016

I say good riddance.

atreides1

(16,047 posts)
8. The only Rapture they'll get...
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 05:17 PM
Dec 2016

...is that euphoric feeling when they're dying from lack of access to health care and the ER is crowded!!

And to be perfectly honest, at this juncture I wouldn't piss on any of them if they were on fire!!!

haele

(12,582 posts)
10. It's easy to be an asshole if God's going to destroy the world anyway(sarcasm)
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 05:36 PM
Dec 2016

The end-timers believe they don't need to take responsibility for their actions because it's all about them and their personal relation with the voices in their head.
When they die, their world dies. No problem at all...
Haele

LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
9. They are confident the Racist-in-Chief will purge non-whites from America which is all they want.
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 05:29 PM
Dec 2016

For them, all of America's problems will magically resolve themselves once this happens.

crosinski

(403 posts)
12. They don't know how government works.
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 05:58 PM
Dec 2016

I've heard three times now, once from a story here, once from an interview, and once from a health forum I belong to, Trump voters say that they didn't think Obamacare could be repealed because it was a law.

They don't know how government works, and while they say they are struggling, seem to think that some things they do have are in a protected bubble ... like the ACA, Social Security, and Medicare. They don't know how screwed their future is, and won't until it's right on top of them. I almost feel sorry for them, but no.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
13. For having "won" they don't seem happy, they're the angriest most whiny
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 08:00 PM
Dec 2016

miserable winners I've ever seen.

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)
14. I have a co-worker who was a big Trump supporter
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 08:04 PM
Dec 2016

...in a workplace of mostly HRC voters. I think he feels defensive and lies to himself a lot. Probably suffers from cognitive dissonance. I sense he is not very happy. Seems kind of delusional that "Daddy" will make everything better. Since the election, I feel disturbed being around him, he seems strangely unhappy but he won't express regret over his vote.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
15. They only feel what Fox News tells them to feel
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 08:07 PM
Dec 2016

Watch it for a few hours (if you can) and you will know how they are feeling.

Different Drummer

(7,532 posts)
16. To paraphrase Metallica...
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 10:47 PM
Dec 2016

that soothing light at the end of their tunnel is just a freight train coming their way.

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